The majority of people in Mexico continue to endorse the administration of Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, according to a poll by Consulta Mitofsky. 65.1 per cent of respondents agree with the way the president is leading the country, down 2.7 points since March.Mexican voters chose their new president in July 2006. Official results placed Felipe Calderón of the conservative National Action Party (PAN) as the winner with 36.68 per cent of all cast ballots. Calderón—a former energy secretary — took over as Mexico’s head of state in December. During his campaign, ...

A familiar accusation leveled at U.S. government officials came from a surprising source: Mexican President Felipe Calderon. “It is impossible to pass tons of drugs or cocaine to U.S. without some grade of complicity of some American authorities,” he said in a March 30 interview with the BBC before leaving for an official visit to London. “We need to act on both sides of the border.”
After praising himself for all his efforts to eradicate drugs and corruption, Calderon said President Barack Obama and his administration were working in a “different” and ...